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Application to Eastside Prep
Cover letter, example syllabus, a challenging assignment and teaching philosophy.
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Formative Pro-Dev: Exploratorium
https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Science-teachers-with-an-Iron-2742305.php In the summer of 2004, I attended the exploratorium teacher institute and was invited to be an assistant teacher in the future. The intent of the program was to bring more hands-on science into the classroom using everyday materials (rather than fancy lab equipment). This was where I met Paul Doherty who was a…
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Science for Lil Bentley
A mini-class where students developed science lessons (with demonstrations) for elementary school students. This is a pdf of a webpage from 2003. The page was built for students to be able to share their experience with parents and friends.
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First Assignment
This is the first assignment I ever created. Intended to get to know the students quickly and figure out their relationship with math as a subject. My course plan was somewhat altered by what was about to happen on the September 11th the following Tuesday.
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Year One: Self and Student Evaluation
Note, on the self/teacher evaluation 1 was high (pg 1) whereas, on the student evaluation, 5 was high (pg 2-6). Enthusiasm for material, subject knowledge and treating students with fairness and respect came easily to me in the classroom. Professionalism and other duties as assigned did as well outside of the classroom. Students and colleagues…
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Teaching Math to Lower Bentley
Teaching is a great form of learning, below is the assignment I built for math students in my first year. The engagement and empowerment of those students in that process would send me down a path that anchored nearly every course in a project of some sort. Sadly, I forgot my camera that day (no…